12:55pm: The Yankees have formally announced the moves. Davis is headed to the IL with a bout of the stomach flu. His stint is retroactive to July 9, meaning he’ll be eligible for activation a week from now.
11:51am: The Yankees are calling up infield prospect Jorbit Vivas for his major league debut, reports SNY’s Andy Martino. He’s already on the 40-man roster, so only a 26-man roster move will be necessary. That’ll come in the form of a 10-day IL placement for infielder J.D. Davis.
Vivas, 23, came to the Yankees alongside lefty Victor Gonzalez in the offseason trade that sent infield prospect Trey Sweeney to the Dodgers. The 5’9″, 171-pound lefty hitter has primarily split his time between second base and third base in the minors. He’ll give the Yankees an option at both positions. Second base has been Vivas’ primary position (and the one at which he’s more well regarded defensively), but the Yankees have particularly struggled with regard to production from the hot corner this season.
In 169 plate appearances at the Triple-A level in 2024, Vivas has turned in a .258/.404/.424 slash. He’s swatted five homers, six doubles and a triple — chipping in nine stolen bases in 13 attempts. Vivas has also shown strong bat-to-ball skills and an incredibly disciplined approach, drawing a walk in 17.2% of his plate appearances against an 18.3% strikeout rate.
Baseball America ranked Vivas 14th among Yankees farmhands on their updated ranking of the team’s top-30 prospects just three days ago. MLB.com ranks him 15th in the system. BA’s scouting report suggests that his power is presently well below average but could still grow to the point where he can reach double-digit homers in a given season. (Being a lefty hitter at Yankee Stadium won’t hurt in that regard.) Still, Vivas’ most highly regarded tools are an above-average hit tool, average speed, a solid glove at second base and his terrific strike zone awareness.
Yankees second basemen this season have posted a collective .224/.296/.336. Most of that has been Gleyber Torres, who struggled mightily in April, rebounded in May/June, and has again fallen into a woeful July slump. At third base, the combination of Jon Berti, Oswaldo Cabrera and DJ LeMahieu has posted an even more bleak .236/.297/.314 slash. Given the dearth of production at both spots, Vivas should get the opportunity to spell both Torres and LeMahieu, who currently occupy the regular roles at those two positions.
Looking forward to seeing the kid!
Hopefully he’ll be better than the other Dodgers the Yankees got this year.
Their grasping at straws at this point. But there’s nothing to lose.
I think they’ve overrated Ben Rice. A few great games here and there, but in the Minors he hasn’t done fantastic. I think he will be good in time
They tend to do that with their prospects. How is Volpe working out, was supposed to be the heir to Jeter. for whom they passed up on numerous premium free agents shortstops
The Yankees prospects, and all other prospects, are rated independently by outside evaluators whose job it is to evaluate and rank prospects.
Volpe is working out fine for a kid with 18 mos of big league experience. How is that Javy Baez and Xander Bogaerts contracts working out so far? I’d rather have Volpe than any of those contracts they passed on. Especially if any of those would be SS deals prevented a Judge or Soto signing. No, thanks!
Volpe is decent. He has at least improved from last year, but if I recall he had a more traditional path than Rice as a prospect
Rice has barely played in AAA
In what way have they overrated Rice? He isn’t a top prospect. He’s only up because he’s the only option to replace Rizzo. He’s not even a first baseman. He’s a converted catcher who has said if he had a choice, he’d be catching. All things considered, he’s actually done a fine job.
@CBP There wasn’t any hype around Rice’s promotion so who’s over-rating him?
Comes up to spell Torres and lemahieu
“Comes up to spell Torres and lemahieu”
What? He has to pass a Yankees Spelling Bee in order to play?
Ironically, you misspelled LeMahieu. Those capital letters are important.
Wow my bad that’s horrible, you know Jacob degrom is my fav- OH GOD I DIDNT CAPITALIZE THE G I SHOULD BE SENT TO PRISON
When prounouced correctly, hes got a Star wars name
I heard the called him up coz scout saw the homers. Swatted right out of Jorbit , Viva La Vida
Is this John Sterling?
Vivas has really turned his season around. He got off to a terrible start, but his AAA numbers are very respectable now. He must be on a hot streak.
Gonna so miss JD Davis and his .077 BA
WTH happened to Davis…did he get a splinter in his arse from (deservedly) sitting on the pine since joining NY?!
Whit Merrifield’s agent is on the line.
It’s not his BA that matters! It’s his OPS+ of 2
They should have traded Peraza when they went with Volpe and Peraza still had some value.
Trade Torres and call up Pereza. the time is now.
Peraza is producing less at the plate at AAA than Torres is now. Peraza would certainly be a defensive upgrade.
Gleyber needs a change of scenery fast. For his sake. But I guess so do DJ and JD too.
Deadline dump of dead wood.
He has no trade value.
I love hindsight also.
Peraza and Vivas will be competing to be the 2nd baseman next year. Torres is gone.
Now there’s a name
But his fan club can be the “JV Team”.
Lets see if Boone has the balls tovstart Vivas over Torres tonight. I say no!
That’s a good point. He’ll probably bring him in raw with the bases loaded in two outs in the ninth. He loves to throw newbies into the fire immediately.
Rivas hits RHP better. O’s starting a lefty.
You are correct…Torres at 2b, DJ at 3b AND hitting leadoff!
Another former Dodger in the Yankee roster.
@Stud. Pereza is an upgrade defensively and adds more team speed.
Unfortunately you need someone to get on base and then someone who can score him in order to utilize that speed. Peraza doesn’t solve that problem any better than Torres.
The IL for stomach flu? That must have been some really bad sushi. But I thought that use of the IL for being crappy (unintended pun) is against the rules.
Yankees needed to sign Chapman last winter and just release DJL. I don’t know if Soto is coming back. This is a win now season. The Yankees didn’t do whatever it took in the Off-season
Chapman and his .230 average?
Teddy
Imagine thinking, in 2024, that batting average matters
Judge poisoned JD because the Yankees refused to release him. Judge do Torres and DJL next please.
OMG why is Vivas not playing tonight. Give him a chance. Can he really play worse than DJL right now.
Another Future Hall of Famer. What time is the monuments induction? I don’t want to miss.
Bobby Witt Jr and Seth Lugo In exchange for Steinbrenner Financing 500 million dollars towards a new stadium for the Kansas City Royals at a very favorable interest rate for Kansas City. Yankees also kick in anyone named JD on their current 40 man roster
or not LOL
Dodgers could really use him right about now